As the saying goes
If you don't take it, how do I take it?
If I don't take it, how does Commissioner Smith take it?
If Commissioner Smith doesn't take it, how can we progress?
This society is like a giant web, where everyone is entangled with countless threads.
Under such circumstances, even those who do not want to be greedy or corrupt are forced into it, ultimately following a dark path.
Here, there's no such thing as remaining unstained amidst the mire; as long as you're within this system, systemic corruption is unavoidable.
Unless you burn the entire tangled web to the ground and weave it anew, you will only face the hostility of the old web.
This is why Lin Miao doesn't dare to show much empathy for the workers, at most allowing them to train and shift from heavy manual labor to technical positions, with the working hours remaining the same.